Abstract

MEDINA-SOTOMAYOR, Priscilla; ORDONEZ, Paola  and  ORTEGA, Gabriela. Accuracy of Intraoral Digital Impression Systems in Restorative Dentistry: A Review of the Literature. Odovtos [online]. 2021, vol.23, n.1, pp.64-75. ISSN 2215-3411.  http://dx.doi.org/10.15517/ijds.2020.41442.

Digital impresión allows the dentist to directly obtain the data of the dental pieces that neet to be rehabilitated, giving it greater precisión and thus eliminating the impression and manufacturing of the dental model, error-sensitive aspects of the clinical phase. The aim of this review is to identify the most accurate intraoral digital impression system and identifiy the factors that affect the accuracy in the restorative dentistry. Through a bibliographic review with search in PubMed and Embase databases, 153 articles were obtained, after qualitative evaluation they were included in the revisión 14 that met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. It was determined that the experience of the dentist, the convergence in the dental preparation and the cervical termination are decisive at the accuracy of the digital impression, however, the use or not of dust is not relevant. The Lava C.O.S., iTero and True definition are the most accurate always depending on the type of rehabilitation to be performed.

Keywords : Digital impressions; Intraoral scanner; Impression technique; Precision.

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